Tom Cornford

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Tom Cornford is Reader in Politics and Performance at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, and an editor of the international, peer-reviewed journal Studies in Theatre and Performance. He writes about relationships between performance and politics in the contemporary world, and is the author of Theatre Studios: A Political History of Ensemble Theatre-Making (Routledge, 2021).

Remembering Joan Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002)

Posted by Tom Cornford | 17th Oct 2022 | Directing, Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Since 2015, a large bronze statue has stood outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Raised on a...

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